Bell Loader

[Lil Giants]

Bell loader

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlK9ISg3Kt8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xUlQ-FTiMg&spfreload=1

Bell feller buncher swamp logger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDNGz7SbPu4

[PaulNZ]

OMG, I used to work on these in the New Zealand Forrest's!

They were the older air cooled Deutz powered ones, 220A and B series I think, C series went to water cooled Cummins.

they used to work next to Madill swing yarders and help pull the tree's over the landing and also they were pretty good with static delimbers, normally an apprentice's machine, they would graduate to a Skidder if they were good on the Bell. don't see them much these days with Harvesters hanging on the end of a 35 or 45 Tonne excavator doing most of the work and a second Excavator (swing machine)loading out.

mostly in Hill country where feller bunchers etc. cant operate.

[Lil Giants]

This is the 1st I ever seen of such thing tonight... what a cool model they would be fun to operate!

[Smiley]

My dad had one of the logging ones but it had wheels instead of tracks

[PaulNZ]

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

This is the 1st I ever seen of such thing tonight... what a cool model they would be fun to operate!

hard work to drive: two pedals: left foot - Left wheel, Right foot - Right wheel, middle is neutral, tilt pedal forward and that wheel goes forward, one forward and one back it will spin on its centre. jockey wheel is off the ground when grapple is full.

Originally Posted by Smiley

My dad had one of the logging ones but it had wheels instead of tracks

yes all the ones I looked after were tires as well, we called them rotary hoes cause they chew up the ground when its wet.

"funniest thing I've seen", (these things are hard to start, you have to hold each pedal in the middle so the pumps neutralise and don't pump any oil, easier said than done because the pump wants to swash up as it starts, so you have this in mind)
now back to "funniest thing I seen with these, I was on top of a hill with the crew boss talking about a Harvester repair and the young lad was sent down to jump start the Bell with the boss's Truck, it was a nice Silverado so he hooked it up, stood next to the bell, not in it like he should have been and proceeded to start it, and it did start, well done lad! park brake on these is a solenoid and the switch was on (brake off) so as soon as it started it got power and then oil and then the rest is history, the bell did three 360's with the jockey wheel going over the Boss's truck each time until one of the other boys jumped in and pulled the stop.......he was braver than me but he swings chainsaws for a living, it looked great from up on the hill and the look on the boss's face..........priceless